{"podcast":{"title":"The Good Listening To Show","slug":"the-good-listening-to-show-7699243","podcast_index_feed_id":7699243,"rss_url":"https://feed.pod.co/the-good-listening-to-show","website_url":"https://pod.co/the-good-listening-to-show","image_url":"https://images.pod.co/3LdI6Vp6uzAyfYalihbXgRQsNrvklRG-OjxR9UOttoo/resize:fill:1500:1500/plain/artwork/90230687-c45f-47fa-a66f-f06919bf7f46/the-good-listening-to-show-1770175431.jpg","author":"Chris Grimes","episode_count":22,"summary":"The Good Listening To Show: Stories of Distinction & Genius Presenter: Chris Grimes Welcome to ‘The Clearing’, where you can hear remarkable and valuable life & business stories to inform, inspire and entertain. It’s like having a ‘Day Spa’ for your Brain in an Oasis of Kindness! Welcome to the UK’s hottest Storytelling Show, presented by Motivational Comedian Chris Grimes! It’s the Show in which he invites movers & makers, shakers & mavericks, influencers - and also personal heroes - into a ‘Clearing’ (or ‘serious happy place’) of his Guest’s choosing, as they all share with us their stories of ‘Distinction & Genius’. Wit...","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T12:20:23.372921+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-listening-to-show-7699243"},"episode":{"title":"The Good Listening To Show with Cal MacAninch","slug":"the-good-listening-to-show-with-cal-macaninch","published_at":"2026-02-25T02:45:31+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-listening-to-show-7699243/the-good-listening-to-show-with-cal-macaninch","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-listening-to-show-7699243","url":"https://www.brushwoodmedianetwork.com","audio_url":"https://downloads.pod.co/2a2a659b-86ce-4b3d-af32-c6a031b51126/334decbf-3084-47a4-8f49-84386775141d.mp3","summary":"Story of Distinction: Actor & Atlantic Rowing Super Hero Cal MacAninch, on the profound lessons-learned by rowing 3,000 miles for the Talisker Whisky Challenge EPISODE NOTES: Proud and delighted to welcome BACK for a second row past - with the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean for his 'Clearing', Scottish Actor Cal MacAninch , here to describe his Epic Quest and the profound lessons-learned from having just rowed 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in a Crew of 5, as part of \"Atlantic Body & Soul\" for the Talisker Whisker Atlantic Challenge. A story of Distinction & Genius indeed: Massive waves, sleep deprivation, pain, flying fish and hallucinations akimbo to name but some of what was experienced during an epic quest of 39 days and gargantuan proportions. Cal MacAninch is a wonderful & versatile Scottish Actor and now an Atlantic Rowing Superhero & Legend to boot (or to boat - see what I'm doing there?!) More about Cal: Whatever Cal MacAninch has achieved as an actor - and the body of his work is impressive - he now has a rare achievement indeed to add, as a rower. Cal has just rowed the Atlantic! And this is no mean achievement - for almost 40 days, Cal and the other 4 crew members set about this extraordinary journey in consecutive 2 hour shifts, 24/7. The effects of daily sleep deprivation and almost endless, constantly painful physical exercise are virtually unimaginable. Fortunately for us, Cal MacAninch has an actor’s memory and a wonderful way with with words. This podcast focuses relentlessly on his one truly epic and almost certainly life-changing experience. Cal tells us about the constant need for calories and hydration, up to 6000 every day and endless refreshment. Yet the impact still left everyone in a state that Cal describes as ‘brea…","meta_description":"Story of Distinction: Actor & Atlantic Rowing Super Hero Cal MacAninch, on the profound lessons-learned by rowing 3,000 miles for the Talisker Whisky…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2934,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-good-listening-to-show-7699243/episodes/the-good-listening-to-show-with-cal-macaninch/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-listening-to-show-7699243/the-good-listening-to-show-with-cal-macaninch.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}